SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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O. W. Kitchell AM., DSc. Dr. O. W. Kitchell was born at Newark, New Jersey, and attended the Newark Public Schools, graduating from the Newark High School. He then entered Columbia College and received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Philosophy. After that he took a graduate course at Columbia, re- ceiving the degree of Master of Arts. He taught Natural Science in the Gram- mar School of Rutgers College for a time and then returned to Columbia for further graduate study. In 1899, Dr. Kitchell was admitted to the Bar in New Jersey and has since studied in the Graduate School of Cornell University. After having received the degree of Doctor of Science from Bucknell College, he ac- cepted the position as head of the Department of Mathematics in the Pennsyl- vania State Normal School at Lock Haven. In the Fall of 1903, he came to Plattsburgh where for fifteen years he has been head of the Department of Mathematics.

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Dr. Kitchell

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Foreword We, the Editorial Staff of the 1918 Cardinal have compiled this book for the students of the State Normal School at Plattsburgh. Although our attempts at composition are not grand productions of literature, we have endeavored to put into this edition of the Cardinal that which will bring to mind pleasant memo- ries of our Normal School Days. So. when in years to come, you find this little book, possibly covered with dust, please read it in the way that it is meant to be read. And if you with your long experience and fine culture feel inclined to criticize, kindly remember that : If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do. Chapels had been churches and poor men ' s cottages ' princes ' palaces. ' The Staff.